00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, December the 5th. Here are the
00:06top stories at this hour.
00:08Italian voters dealt Premier Matteo Renzi a stinging defeat on his reforms referendum
00:12triggering his resignation announcement and galvanizing the populist opposition Five Star
00:17Movement's determination to gain national power soon. In voting no, Italians also delivered
00:22a rebuke to Italy's industrialists, banks and other establishment institutions, which
00:27had staunchly backed the referendum. Suspected Russian airstrikes have killed at least 46
00:32people in the opposition-held parts of Syria as the UN Security Council prepares to vote
00:37today on a resolution demanding a temporary ceasefire in Aleppo. Dead bodies have filled
00:42up the streets as more than 300 people have been killed by regime forces in the past few
00:46days. Residents say there is no room for the dead as cemeteries have reached their capacity.
00:51Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha is said to be critical after suffering a cardiac arrest,
00:57but continued to remain under close watch of an expert team of doctors at the Apollo
01:02Hospital where she has been undergoing treatment for more than two months. Doctors were trying
01:06their very best, the hospital said earlier today. Singer-songwriter James Taylor, actor
01:11Al Pacino and gospel vocalist Mavis Staples were among five feted at the Kennedy Center
01:17Honors on Sunday night. U.S. President Barack Obama lauded the five honorees, including
01:22pianist Martha Argerich and rock band The Eagles, at a White House ceremony.
01:27And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:31to 20 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can
01:36get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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